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Nuanced -- We have made significant progress in our understanding of mental health. We have increased awareness, there h...
16/07/2025

Nuanced -- We have made significant progress in our understanding of mental health. We have increased awareness, there has been a surge in vulnerability and opening up about experiences with mental health, and we’ve seen many take the leap and obtain mental health services. This is terrific, and so much good has come from this. However, Freya India wrote on her Substack that perhaps we’ve moved to pathologizing too much. Perhaps we’ve left too little room for nuance and personality. Freya often talks about the effects of therapy culture, and one of those effects is that we have progressed to labeling and
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Elated Joy -- I spend parts of my days watching my youngest son try to figure out crawling. He’ll push himself up as hig...
09/07/2025

Elated Joy -- I spend parts of my days watching my youngest son try to figure out crawling. He’ll push himself up as high as he can on his hands, stick his tongue out to the side, then lunge forward and kick his legs as fast as he can. Watching his older brother speed around throughout our days has convinced him that fast is best. But, despite the immense amount of effort, he pushes himself back up on his hands only to find he has not moved an inch. But he smiles, and he tries again. And I smile, as I enjoy watching
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Slow Stroll -- Good ol’ Facebook memories popped up with a quote I shared many years ago. Unfortunately, I didn’t refere...
17/06/2025

Slow Stroll -- Good ol’ Facebook memories popped up with a quote I shared many years ago. Unfortunately, I didn’t reference where it came from, and it was so many years ago that I haven’t been able to remember it. But a part of the quote mentioned that we desire life to move at a sprint when all the while it’s moving at a stroll. And I quite like that. I find my yearning for things to happen is often felt with a hurried desire. I want that thing now. I want that celebration to happen now. I want to figure that skill
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Subtle Art -- Rudy Francisco wrote a poem: I’m teaching myself about the opposite of excellence, the subtle art of stumb...
09/06/2025

Subtle Art -- Rudy Francisco wrote a poem: I’m teaching myself about the opposite of excellence, the subtle art of stumbling, the radical act of failure and forgiveness. I’m learning that embarrassment only shows its face if I allow it. Several parts of it resonated with me, but one aspect that keeps coming back to me is the concept of subtle art. Perhaps because I’ve been a musician or because I view my writing as an art form, but that word unlocked a mental shift for me. I have no idea what I’m doing with parenting. I try. I apply what I used
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Our Best -- Some days, I question the researchers who tell me my toddler can’t always hear me. Surely, with the volume I...
17/05/2025

Our Best -- Some days, I question the researchers who tell me my toddler can’t always hear me. Surely, with the volume I’m using and the fact that he looked right at me, he can hear me, right? And sometimes the surge of overwhelm that comes when his emotions start to ramp up is because I desperately want him to remember the regulation tools we’ve been practicing. How can he not remember those when he gets upset? But almost everyone who works with kids tells me he can’t do these things. So maybe I should believe them. Because what do I gain from
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Waking Wonder -- Somewhere along life’s journey, wonder quiets. What once filled our tiny bodies, consumed our minds, a...
05/05/2025

Waking Wonder -- Somewhere along life’s journey, wonder quiets. What once filled our tiny bodies, consumed our minds, and drove our nonstop actions, settles. I didn’t notice how quiet my wonder had gotten until I became a mother, a role that has reignited the spark of wonder in my life. And now, I spend most of my time with a toddler, who is often fully consumed by wonder. Along the way, I think my wonder got overridden by adulthood: schedules, bills, work, taking care of a house and all the other things we don’t think of when we passionately plead for time to
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Therapy Culture -- I listened to a Modern Wisdom podcast hosted by Chris Williamson, and his guest was Freya India. She ...
28/04/2025

Therapy Culture -- I listened to a Modern Wisdom podcast hosted by Chris Williamson, and his guest was Freya India. She discussed something I had witnessed over the past several years but hadn’t put a name to it: therapy culture. In a positive light, we have seen increased awareness of mental health needs, appropriate diagnosis, and acquisition of necessary mental health services. But, on the other end of the spectrum, we see it shifting from helpful naming and awareness to identity consumption, rumination, and hyper-fixation. People are no longer nervous; they have anxiety. People don’t struggle to focus; they have ADHD. People aren’t
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Slow Negotiation -- Springtime, perhaps even more than the New Year, feels like a time to start fresh. The new, blossomi...
22/04/2025

Slow Negotiation -- Springtime, perhaps even more than the New Year, feels like a time to start fresh. The new, blossoming, vibrant buds on plants filling our days with color are motivation to begin working towards our growth, too. These seasons often begin with a burst of motivation that fuels a desire for significant change. But that motivation also fizzles out. And I think Dr. Sara Kuburic nailed why on her Instagram. She said growth is rarely a clean break from the past. It’s a slow negotiation between who we were and who we’re becoming. This is not to deter you from following
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Limited Space -- Our brains are wildly incredible. What we know about the brain is fascinating, but we know that there a...
10/04/2025

Limited Space -- Our brains are wildly incredible. What we know about the brain is fascinating, but we know that there are still many aspects of it that we know little about. However, one thing we do know is that our brains have limited conscious storage capacity. While experiences with heightened emotional encounters are likely to stay locked in for many years, some experiences are deemed unnecessary to continue storing in our conscious awareness. Other memories are deemed appropriate to “group together.” I always visualize this like file folders, where our brains may notice specific patterns in our experiences and then group them.
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A Hand For Your Neighbor? -- In 2016, I spent three days in Chicago helping lead orientation for a group of 60 new stude...
04/03/2025

A Hand For Your Neighbor? -- In 2016, I spent three days in Chicago helping lead orientation for a group of 60 new students at Chicago Theological Seminary, where I worked and attended classes at the time. One crisp morning, we headed out to the 63rd Street Beach. It’s just a few blocks from the school. We stood in a long line, staring out at Lake Michigan and holding hands. As we watched waves crash onto shore, one staff member read from a list of privileges and disadvantages that many of us have encountered in life. “If you have attended private school, take one step forward.”
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